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We research the fundamental nanoscale materials processes that occur when an energy material is operated. How the material evolves over time are investigated using the latest techniques in transmission electron microscopy (TEM).

WS2 electrical breakdown in the TEM

Imaging the change in atomic structure of mono- and few-layer WS2 after high-bias induced breakdown.

Sub-nanometre pores in graphene

Atomic resolution imaging of the bonding structure of graphene sub-nanometre pores - the ultimate sieve.

Ca-ToC_edited

Ca electroplating imaged in-situ by TEM

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Revealing the Role of Fluoride‐Rich Battery Electrode Interphases by Operando Transmission Electron

Advanced Energy Materials 2021. Gong, C.; Pu, S. D.; Gao, X.; Yang, S.; Liu, J.; Ning, Z.; Rees, G. J.; Capone, I.; Pi, L.; Liu, B.; Hart...

New PhD Projects Available!

Have a look at the "Join the Group" page for the new PhD projects starting in October 2021!

Current-Density-Dependent Electroplating in Ca Electrolytes: From Globules to Dendrites

ACS Energy Letters 2020. Pu, S. D.; Gong, C.; Gao, X.; Ning, Z.; Yang, S.; Marie, J. -J.; Liu, B.; House, R. A.; Hartley, G. O.; Luo, J.;...

Our research into mediator atoms in graphene is covered by Physics World and MRS Bulletin!

Our recent work on identifying how defects in graphene atomistically evolve through combined experiment and computational modelling has b...

Direct observation and catalytic role of mediator atom in 2D materials

Science Advances 2020. Lee, G. -D.; Robertson, A. W.*; Lee, S.; Lin, Y. -C.; Oh, J. -W.; Park, H.; Joo, Y. -C.; Yoon, E.; Suenaga, K.; Wa...

Understanding the Conversion Mechanism and Performance of Monodisperse FeF2 Nanocrystal Cathodes

Nature Materials 2020. Xiao, A. W.; Lee, H. J.; Capone, I.; Robertson, A.; Wi, T. -U.; Fawdon, J.; Wheeler, S.; Lee, H. -H.; Grobert, N.;...

Liquid cell transmission electron microscopy and its applications

Royal Society Open Science 2020. Pu, S.; Gong, C.; Robertson, A. W.* https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.191204

Biomass-derived Nickel Phosphide Nanoparticles as a Robust Catalyst for Hydrogen Production by [...]

ACS Applied Energy Materials 2019. Kim, H.; Robertson, A. W.*; Kwon, G. -H.; O, J. -W.; Warner, J. H.; Kim, J. M. https://pubs.acs.org/do...

Atomic Structure and Dynamics of Epitaxial Platinum Bilayers on Graphene

ACS Nano 2019. Robertson, A. W.*; Lee, G. -D.; Lee, S.; Buntin, P.; Drexler, M.; Abdelhafiz, A. A.; Yoon, E.; Warner, J. H.; Alamgir, F. ...

Self- regeneration of Au/CeO2 based catalysts with enhanced activity and ultra-stability for [...]

Nature Communications 2019. Lin, Y.; Duan, X.; Wu, S.; Wu, T. S.; Zhao, Y.; Robertson, A. W.; Chou, H. L.; Zheng, J.; Ayvali, T.; Day, S....

Addressing the isomer cataloguing problem for nanopores in two-dimensional materials

Nature Materials 2019. Rajan, A. G.; Silmore, K. S.; Swett, J.; Robertson, A. W.; Warner, J. H.; Blankschtein, D.; Strano, M. S. https://www...

Nitrogen Fixation by Ru Single-Atom Electrocatalytic Reduction

Chem 2018. Tao, H.; Choi, C.; Ding, L. X.; Jiang, Z,; Han, Z.; Jia, M.; Fan, Q.; Gao, Y.; Wang, H.; Robertson, A. W.; Hong, S.; Jung, Y.;...

Nanoparticle Immobilization for Controllable Experiments in Liquid-Cell Transmission Electron [...]

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2018. Robertson, A. W.*; Zhu, G.; Mehdi, B. L.; Jacobs, R. M. J.; De Yoreo, J. J.; Browning, N. D. htt...

Atomic Structure of Defects and Dopants in 2D Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Chemical Society Reviews 2018. Wang, S.; Robertson, A.; Warner, J. H. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/cs/c8cs00236c#!...

Epitaxial and atomically thin graphene–metal hybrid catalyst films: the dual role of graphene [...]

Energy & Environmental Science 2018. Abdelhafiz, A.; Vitale, A.; Buntin, P.; Joiner, C.; Robertson, A.; Vogel, E. M.; Warner, J.; Alamgir...

Electrical Breakdown of Suspended Mono- and Few-Layer Tungsten Disulfide via Sulfur Depletion [...]

ACS Nano 2017. Fan, Y. Robertson, A. W.*; Zhou, Y.; Chen, Q.; Zhang, X.; Browning, N. D.; Zheng, H.; Rummeli, M. H.; Warner, J. H. https:...

MoS2 monolayer catalyst doped with isolated Co atoms for the hydrodeoxygenation reaction

Nature Chemistry 2017. Liu, G.; Robertson, A. W.; Li, M. M. J.; Kuo, W. C. H.; Darby. M. T.; Muhieddine, M. H.; Lin, Y. –C.; Suenaga, K.;...

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